Lines of Written Code: 43 (but a lot has been modified from the battle system discussed last week.)
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From,
William Lucht
Greetings folk! Last week I talked about some aspects of the story, but more importantly, the battle system! This week was primarily focused on the battle system. At this point, I have to really realign/determine my game design. Is this game going to be primarily a visual novel or a JRPG? If I am promoting a mixed format, how can I integrate them well enough in order to have a seamless experience? I don’t want to burden the people primarily interested in VNs with unnecessary battles.
As stated in my previous I am using DemonAngelz’s Framework. I built the skills for the characters so far and am trying to iron out bugs as well as improve the GUI. I was proud that I became familiar with the tooltip function so people will understand the mechanics of “Ha! Nothing Personal!” rather than sighing at a dead meme.
DemonAngelz framework is great, however, perhaps purposefully, bland. I’ve tried to spice up the system with multiple varieties of attacks that players will have to choose from. There are simple attacks like “Dark Blade Bathory” which just absorb health from your enemy, but then you have moves like “Passion of the Angels”, which removes most of Love Interest’s health but completely heals other party members. This, of course, can be combined with 90% > chance stun moves. To prevent the said character from dying.
Lines of Written Code: 235 (but a lot has been modified from the battle system discussed last week.)
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From,
William Lucht
Last week I talked about the encyclopedia that I was working on. For the most part, the encyclopedia is finished, however, more updates will of course be warranted as I develop the story further. Some people might ask? Hey William, what’s the point of an encyclopedia in a small visual novel? Well I suppose more features couldn’t hurt, Plus with tropey names being tossed about it can be nice to have some extra backstory.
Story
The story writing this week was dominated by writing regarding the first major quest of the main questline: introducing the main characters to the stage including the infamous Emo Foil.
Code
Oh boy, oh boy. This week was a hectic week for code. I’m trying to work on the battle system, but you see, I programmed a battle system before. For Cassandra’s Fabulous Foray, I developed a robust 1v1 system, however, the graphics leave something to be desired. Using DemonAngelz’s Framework, I am fleshing out the battle system. I made good progress on developing the skills of the player characters and will be finished this week for some sweet sweet pics.
Lines of Self-Written Code: 1228
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From,
William Lucht
Last week I talked about two new characters that I was introducing into the game: the Redeemed Bandit and the Chosen One. While not all my goals were met last week, I can still say that I believe that significant progress was made in the department of worldbuilding. Writing encyclopedia entries for my game was surprisingly fun. I hope people get as engrossed in my silly world as I did!
For the most part, progress on the story last week has been replaced with worldbuilding. I managed to make good progress on the Chosen One, introducing her character to the story.
Using jsfehler’s Renpy Encyclopedia, I integrated the system into Self Insert: Draft. Here is a small draft of his encyclopedia adapted to the art style in the game. Will need to get rid of that garish red, but otherwise, I’m loving the system so far.
Lines of Self-Written Code: 700
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From,
William Lucht
Arcani Interactive 